Jediism & Journal of Jedi Richard Strange

Raising the Djed

Raising the djed appears to be a practise that dates back at least to ancient egypt, and is thought to be a practise designed to counter times of chaos. The drums of the shaman and the chanting of the monks may also have similar aims of countering chaos and dark energies, in its many forms.

“Historically, the Djed was raised at crucial transitional times between cycles, evoking light and stability to dispel darkness and disorder. Such periods were the Winter solstices, the failing years of a reigning monarch or the coronation of a new one. However, according to the texts of the Temple of Horus at Edfu, the Djed served its greatest purpose and revealed its greatest mystery at the ending of one world age and the beginning of another. This is such a time!” by Vincent Bridges.

The time that Vincent is talking about is 2012 and the transitional years before and afterwords (the astronomical event that coincides with this prophetic date takes about 26 years). On December 21, 2012, for the first time in approximately 26,000 years the Sun will rise to conjunct the intersection of the Milky Way and the ecliptic plane.

We are in the last few years of the 4th Age of Man, and about to enter this new 5th Age of Man. It is thought that the ending of each of these ages of man was accompanied by chaos in the form of climatic and social upheaval, amongst other possibilities (the Great Flood).

If you look at the actual djed, which is a pillar, you may notice its technical appearance. It has been suggested that it looks like a capacitor, transformer and insulation device that could have been used to tap the ionosphere for power, or lightning, but we may have lost the knowledge of its operation since the last age.

The Egyptians themselves may have lost the knowledge of its operation, and may have used it as a focal point of worship - civilization around then may have been founded by survivors of the great flood, and much would have been lost in the way of knowledge and expertise. There are submerged cities and structures around the world, and if biblical accounts are to be believed then the calamity could have occurred within weeks (40 days and 40 nights).

Whether the djed was an actual device or not matters not at this point. The djed pillar also has symbolic links to the World Tree of Norse mythology, Yggdrasil, and other world trees in cultures around the world (mainly euro-asian).  The world tree basically connects different realities (underworld, this world, upper world) together - from my own experience I would say that the concept of all 3 realities overlaying our planet earth is a distinct possibility. Energies, light and dark, from above and below, converge in this material “middle” earth and affect life as we know it, especially conscious humanity, which is more apt to the manipulation of these and other, cosmic energies. If you take the underworld and upperworld into account then this planet earth is important to more than just humanity, and must be preserved whole.

Raising the djed is also thought to be a practise designed to raise awareness and consciousness whilst maintaining the peace and stability of order in cosmos. The djedi of old may have been the stable ones (they may have been mindful). I feel that consciousness manifests where it is able, but the Force flows through all, and we jedi may have some task to play in the raising of the Djed into the 5th Age of Man.

I am starting this thread to get other jedi’s feelings on the matter of what part the jedi should take. I feel that non action will not do in this case. Please post a comment if you have any vaild suggestions, ideas, or other input.

May the Force be with You

 Jedi Richard Strange
http://www.pujasforwellbeing.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_tree
http://vincentbridges.com/?p=70
http://www.willusurvive2012.com/pueblo-indigenous-prophecies-2012.html
http://www.realitysandwich.com/vision_conscious_convergence
http://commonpassion.org/content/unity-thinking
http://gcpdot.com/
http://noosphere.princeton.edu/science2.html#hypothesis
http://www.willusurvive2012.com/shamanic-preparation-2012.html

Coelescere Enclave recently incorporated in the US as Coelescere Covenant, doing business as The Jedi Way. We’re now an official jedi organisation :).

The old Coelescere forum, which will eventually become an archive, has been replaced by a brand new web site complete with a new forum, a chat function, and more. If you was a member of the old forum you may need to sign up again at the new site and forum.

http://www.thejediway.com/

We’re still very much in the building process online and offline in the real world, and though our very first real world jedi facility may be some ways down the road, we’ve made important first steps to realising this goal.

Coelescere Covenant are currently accepting donations/funds (look for the paypal button on site) for the organisation and jedi missions, the first of which has been in aid of the Nashville flood incident. Our involvement in regards to this mission may be minimal at this time, but it goes a long way to showing jedi compassion, and the intent of Coelescere Covenant as an organisation of jedi.

May the Force be with You

Jedi Richard Strange

I am pleased to announce that Jedi Skywalker has been released from prison in Saudi Arabia, and he is back home in the Philippines with his family :). I’m assuming Mr Lactaotao was also released, but Jedi Skywalker didn’t mention this at this time.

Thanks go to Jedi Setanaoko, Jedi SlabTzu DelFuego, and Jedi Punven for helping with this mission to have Jedi Skywalker be released on time.

As we have found out, people in prison in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia are often forgotten about, or worse, and so I would also like to extend my thanks to those in diplomatic circles, whom I contacted or whom were involved in relation to this mission, for facilitating this release. 

 I hope that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia will now go on to improve things in regards to their judicial system, and treatment of prisoners. In a system where justice is swift, then compassion should also be just as swift.

 May the Force be with You

 Jedi Richard Strange

PS - this post has been edited to protect the identity of Jedi Skywalker

I’ve been a member of the AndorProjex email list since October 2009, and I have come to find that it is an environmental think tank par excellence. If you’re interested in the environment to any degree, then you may be staggered by what these guys know between them.

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/andorprojex/

If you’re interested in setting up your own eco ark or celss (Closed/Controlled Ecological Life Support Systems), to live sustainably within, then this is the place to begin. In fact, one of the founding members, I believe, and a jedi friend of mine, Jedi Jade, knows most, if not all, of the players involved in the Biosphere 2 experiment involving celss, and has learned from their mistakes, whilst living in his own eco ark.

May the Force be with You

 Jedi Richard Strange

Despite China’s reluctance to climb on board the eco salvation wagon the whole world needs to be on to save civilization and life as we know it, we must all move forwards into the new year and the future positively.

The Jedi are growing together at the Jedi Enclave of Coelescere, and I hope for this to continue in the new year, so that we may make a difference - we will need to be strong for this, and I feel we will grow strong as we attract more light side jedi in to our ranks. I have been honoured already with a place on the Council, and I feel at home. I have shared christmas greetings with Jedi Dolino from his prison cell in Saudi Arabia (he really shouldn’t be there), and hope that the government’s I have communicated with about his predicament will help him be released on time. In any case I have not left him alone, and his faith is unshaken - in fact he has taken up the peacekeeping role of the jedi whilst incarcerated. I have helped as much as I can so far, but won’t stop until he his released to the world, where a nurse, and an agent of light should be.

 In any case, and whatever faith, way or religion you follow I wish you a happy holidays and a happy, peaceful and prosperous 2010!

 May the Force be with You

Jedi Richard Strange

Should you wish to join the Coelescere Enclave of Jedi, then answer the questions below as best you can, and post your answers as part of your introduction at the Coelescere Enclave forum if you like. If you do not know the answer then answer with honesty at least. My own answers to these 7 questions are below, but you should answer with your own words and being. Remember - See right through you, some of us can.

Coelescere Enclave of Jedi

[Please find listed below some questions as requested to ask new members before joining. The first six were from Jedi Jason. The long winded one I added - Jedi Rivan]

1) Away from all the text books and the Jedi Code what does the Force mean to you?

2) How do you use / interact with it?

3) What do you feel you can contribute to the growing community?

4) How did you come to jedism?

5) How does it fit / Or not fit in with existing belief systems you may have or brought up in?

6) What traits do you feel best serve being Jedi and why?

7) Jedi come from many different beliefs. For some they have left those beliefs behind and for others they use thier spiritual past to enlighten their spiritual future. How open are you to learning and working with people of diverse religious backgrounds. How do you feel about learning from the scriptures and teachers of other religions to enlighten our own walk? Our society too often teaches us that beliefs are an “either/or” situation. One thing I was taught at seminary was that beliefs can be “both/and”.

Jedi Richard Strange Answers

1).

The Force is an emanation and an energy of many qualities - most likely quantum in nature, though it surrounds and flows through us, and binds together all life with purpose. Consciousness, which seems to be also quantum in nature, may just be another aspect of the Force, and allows us to feel our own connection to the Force, through consciousness, our senses and our feelings - the more stilled your mind, the easier it is to feel.

2).

I interact with the Force only whilst truly mindful. The quality of a stilled mind during mindfulness allows you to concentrate without concentration. The quality of true compassion comes if the bridge of consciousness leaps between heart and mind, and allows right action with insight. When I am sat still in mindfulness, I am connected to the Force, and may sometimes feel things, which I am still learning to identify (disturbances). The Force also allows action and creativity, but be mindful to return to the stilled mind after using your brain for thought and creative purposes and action - you will lose your connection to the Force if you do not return.

Whilst mindful I also practise various uses of the Force including: self healing techniques, psychic defence techniques, energy absorption and flow techniques, and energy sharing techniques (with plants and trees mainly), amongst others (listening to feeling, and learning when I do - or not). I am also learning to feel truth and meaning in the Force - this can be useful when reading or listening.

3).

My time, knowledge and experience - maybe more, maybe less, depending upon the ebb and flow of life, and what I’m doing.

4).

I’m beginning to believe I was born for it. I wanted to be a knight before Star Wars first appeared, and I have found that the jedi way as portrayed in the movies, and some of the literature, to be apt to my own life and experience. I sometimes use quotations or variations of those from Star Wars, as they are personal to me and they fit what I am writing or saying.

5).

I have studied and applied knowledge and ways of most of today’s major religions and ways, to some small degree, if not more, though my studies and practise have not been confined to these areas alone (lol a little bit here, a little bit there). I am only a jedi - this is enough for me. If everyone stops believing I will be the last.

6).

Mindfulness is the key, the door, and beyond are feelings in the Force. If you are not there already then question what I say. An inquisitive mind may lead you down the right paths, but you will not learn if you do not question and then practise what you have learned. Compassion serves a jedi well - it is a doorway to peace, and a reward of mindfulness.

7).

I have walked the path of the comparative theologist, and still find time to find and learn more. The seeking has not stopped, this is the way it should be, as you may find purpose in the seeking - do not limit yourself only to theology.

Do not ignore calls to action, or feelings to be still.

May the Force be with You

Jedi Richard Strange

I’ve just been invited by Jedi Rivan Elan, and accepted into the ranks of the Coelescere Enclave, a community for jedi of serious mind. In fact you might not be granted much access to view or post until you’ve been accepted as a real jedi. Anyone is welcome, however, to come and have a look at what we are doing.

The following page will no doubt chart my progress as I explore this small but growing community of serious jedi.

Coelescere Enclave, Unity in the Jedi Way, and Jedi Praxeums around the World

Some of the Enclave’s jedi are already well known to me, after interacting at various jedi venues online, and feel like friends. My own studies will continue as I grow in the Force, but I hope that I can contribute in meaningful ways, and be of service whilst here.

I guess I will now also be posting Coelescere Enclave news here on this blog

May the Force be with You

Jedi Richard Strange